FIRST State Tax Commissioner of the State of Texas - Mexia, TX
N 31° 41.566 W 096° 28.793
14R E 738863 N 3509142
The headstone marking the final resting place of William Richardson Davie III in the Mexia City Cemetery provides a summary of his career, noting him as the first State Tax Commissioner of the State of Texas.
Waymark Code: WM15PR0
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/05/2022
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The family name, "Davie", is at the top center on both sides of this granite headstone, with flowers as detail in the upper corners. The front inscription reads:
Sacred To The Memory Of
William Richardson Davie, III.
Born at Somerville, Morgan County, Alabama, June 15, 1843
Died at Austin, Texas, October 8, 1921.
Son of William Richardson Davie, II, M.D. and his wife
Sarah Mc Kenzie Davie,
Officer in the Army of the Confederate States of America
Member of the legislature of South Carolina
First State Tax Commissioner of the State of Texas 1906-1908
Secretary of State of the State of Texas 1908-1910
Member of the Order of the Cincinnati
Great grandson and last surviving descendant in the direct male line of
General William Richardson Davie,
Soldier in the Revolutionary War, a framer of the
Constitution of the United States of America,
Governor of North Carolina, and Minister of the
United States of America to France in 1800.
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Also buried here is Mrs. Davie, as well as their two sons, and the reverse of the headstone elucidates:
Here Also Is Buried His Widow
Henrietta Wortham Davie
Born in Graves County, Kentucky, June 28,1848.
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Sons of William Richardson Davie and his wife
Henrietta Wortham Davie
William Richardson Davie, IV.
Born September 23, 1872, at Wortham, Texas
Died March 13, 1899, at San Antonio, Texas
Dick Wortham Davie,
Born October 21, 1874, at Wortham,Texas
Died September 16, 1902, at Austin, Texas
"We which have believed do enter into rest”
Reunited
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1906
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